File Index Problems

[gripweed]

Hi Can someone Help my I have been searching everywhere and cannot come close to finding my problem.
I have Vista 64 bit and Microsoft Office 2007. My file indexes for my c drive, program I have when I view them show up like an iTunes index. What I mean is all I get is the file name and then stars on the right of the index.

The headings are the same as iTunes i.e., Artist, Name, Album, #, Genre, ratings. Right now I am looking the the Temp docks in Widows and it has those headings and an iTunes set up (my documents do the same but not all the time) I like to view everything in details but have to go to the profile because the index is in an iTunes set up and does not give me detailed information but with my Windows files it is consistent always in the iTunes index set up. Any help out there please!

 

[Lorien]

Hi gripweed,

Welcome to Vista Forums!

Folder type formats are typically determined by the first file entered into that folder. I suppose audio type files were the first entered into these other folders and so they are using that format.

Here's how to change the default template for a folder: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70819-windows-explorer-folder-view-settings.html. Default behavior is to select the template based on the first type of file placed in the folder (it has to choose something). Vista sets the Explorer window view settings and folder type template according to what folder types are in the window. This will show you how to reset the Windows Explorer folder view settings, turn off Automatic Folder Type Discovery and increase the folder view cache to have Vista remember the view settings, folder type template, size, or position of a specific window for when it was last closed at the specific path location.

Here's another article on how to change the Windows Explorer columns and sort order in Vista: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/108665-column-customize.html. This will show you how to add, remove, move, change the width, and change the sort order of Windows Explorer columns to how you want them.


I hope this helps.

Good luck!